The Worst Achievement in Film for 1999 (The Razzies)

<font size=4>I have the dishonour of presenting to you the nominees for the 1999 Razzie</font>

Worst Picture
BIG DADDY (Columbia Pictures)
BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (Artisan Entertainment)
THE HAUNTING (Dreamworks SKG)
STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century-Fox)
WILD WILD WEST (Warner Bros.)

Worst Actor
Kevin Costner/FOR LOVE OF THE GAME and MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Kevin Kline/WILD WILD WEST
Adam Sandler/BIG DADDY
Arnold Schwarzenegger/END OF DAYS
Robin Williams/BICENTENNIAL MAN and JAKOB THE LIAR

Worst Actress
Heather Donahue/THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Melanie Griffith/CRAZY IN ALABAMA
Milla Jovovich/THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC
Sharon Stone/GLORIA
Catherine Zeta-Jones/ENTRAPMENT and THE HAUNTING

Worse Couple
Pierce Brosnan & Denise Richards/THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
Sean Connery & Catherine Zeta-Jones/ENTRAPMENT
Kevin Kline & Will Smith/WILD WILD WEST
Jake Lloyd & Natalie Portman/STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE
Lili Taylor & Catherine Zeta-Jones/THE HAUNTING

Worse Surpporting Actress
Sofia Coppola/STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE
Salma Hayek/DOGMA and WILD WILD WEST
Kevin Kline (As a Prostitute), WILD WILD WEST
Juliette Lewis/THE OTHER SISTER
Denise Richards/THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

Worst Supporting Actor
Jar-Jar Binks (Voice by Ahmed Best), STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE
Kenneth Branagh/WILD WILD WEST
Gabriel Byrne/END OF DAYS, STIGMATA
Jake Lloyd/STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE
Rob Schneider/BIG DADDY

Worst Director
Jan deBont/THE HAUNTING
Dennis Dugan/BIG DADDY
Peter Hyams/END OF DAYS
George Lucas/STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE
Berry Sonnenfeld/WILD WILD WEST

Worst Screenplay
BIG DADDY by Steve Franks and Tim Herlihy & Adam Sandler
THE HAUNTING by David Self
THE MOD SQUAD by Stephen Kay & Scott Silver and Kate Lanier
STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE by George Lucas
WILD WILD WEST by Jim Thomas & John Thomas, S.S. Wilson & Brent Maddock and Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman

Worst Actor of the Century
Kevin Costner/THE POSTMAN, ROBIN HOOD, WATERWORLD, WYATT EARP, Etc.
The A**hole Formerly Known as Prince/ GRAFFITI BRIDGE, UNDER THE CHERRY MOON, Etc.
William Shatner/STAR DREK, STAR DREK II, STAR DREK III, STAR DREK IV, STAR DREK V, Etc.
Pauly Shore/BIO-DOME, JURY DUTY, ENCINO MAN, Etc.
Sylvester Stallone/99.5% Of Everything He’s EVER Done

Worst Actress of the Century
Elizabeth Berkley/SHOWGIRLS
Bo Derek/BOLERO, GHOSTS CAN’T DO IT, TARZAN THE APE-MAN, Etc.
Madonna/BODY of EVIDENCE, SHANGHAI SURPRISE, WHO’S THAT GIRL? Etc.
Brooke Shields/BLUE LAGOON, ENDLESS LOVE, SAHARA, SPEED ZONE, Etc.
Pia Zadora/ATTACK of THE ROCK ‘n’ ROLL ALIENS, BUTTERFLY, FAKE OUT, LONELY LADY, Etc.

Worst Picture of the Decade
AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN! (“Winner” of 5 1998 RAZZIES®)
HUDSON HAWK (“Winner” of 3 1991 RAZZIES)
THE POSTMAN (“Winner” of 5 1997 RAZZIES) SHOWGIRLS (“Winner” of 7 1995 RAZZIES)
STRIPTEASE (“Winner” of 6 1996 RAZZIES)

Worst New Star of the Decade
Elizabeth Berkley/SHOWGIRLS
Jar Jar Binks (Voice by Ahmed Best), STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE
Sofia Coppola/GODFATHER III, STAR WARS: EPISODE I, THE PHANTOM MENACE
Dennis Rodman/DOUBLE TEAM, SIMON SEZ
Pauly Shore/ BIO-DOME, ENCINO MAN, JURY DUTY, Etc.


SteringNorth
I will never be clean!

How could they have left out “Bats!”?

Nobody mentioned Plan Nine from Outer Space!!

FWIW-
I think they were a little hard on Phantom Menace and Blair Witch.

Both were decent movies, overhyped sure but really very good I thought. Not like Showgirls thats a bad movie. Or the mod squad?? for the love of pete!

-Frankie

“Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?”
-Bad Religion

I’m sorry, was that Bats! or BAPS??

“The Phantom Menace” was an awful, AWFUL movie! Did Lucas forget that those of us who made the first “Star Wars” a huge hit are now in our 30s? Why the hell did he aim this new movie at 8 year-olds?

That said, was Sofia Coppola really in “The Phantom Menace”?

Stephen

Kenneth Branagh is nomintated for Worst Actor? Oh, the humanity! Not like I saw the movie, but he’s a great actor!


~Harborina

“This is my sandbox. I’m not allowed to go in the deep end. That’s where I saw the leprechauns.”

Why? Because movies for 8 year olds make more money (parents + kids tickets), the original trilogy (all three movies) were directed at 8 year olds to much success and adoring. And finally, 8 year olds buy toys and merchandise and will live to be fans for 22 more years than 30 year olds.

I’m not sure if these are the actual Razzies, or Sterlings take on it, but most are pretty ridiculous. Basically its the typical banter bashing the “popular” movies that got the press, hey, negativity sells papers and gets you remembered, right? In the end no real insight into whats good or bad, just whats trendy to make fun of.

Star Wars: Episode I wasn’t bad, Jake Lloyd was bad. Blair Witch wasn’t bad, just overhyped, which it deserved for being relatively unprecedented in many ways from budget to stlye. Big Daddy was a goofball comedy, get some perspective. Many of the others I didn’t see, but I know they aren’t as bad as much of what I’ve seen on cable, maybe not worth $8 at the theater, but worst is a silly choice of words…change it to overhyped and overrated and we can talk.

Granted, I didn’t feel it wise to spend $7 and a night out with my hubby watching Big Daddy in the theater. However, I did thoroughly enjoy it when I saw it on pay-per-view.

I have reserved judgement on Phantom Menace until the next movie comes out and I see if this is going to make a good trilogy or if the magic had ended.

I really like The Blair Witch Project. I know a lot of people went in expecting a traditional horror film and felt robbed because what they got reminded them more of a home movie. But I think it was great and it scared me.

That being said, I think the Razzies are kind of the non-intellectual’s version of a National Lampoon’s Academy Awards.


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